tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63885655970868995282009-11-13T12:38:37.589-08:00Smart PR and Sometimes MoreSavvy Flackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01730510135949234923noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6388565597086899528.post-21362850391314675672009-08-20T20:59:00.000-07:002009-08-20T21:01:44.725-07:00

I realize we may not have officially met, with me jumping into H&K’s Collective Conversations as if we’d known each other since grade school. I’ve taken for granted that you’d simply accept the thoughts shared on this blog even though I’ve neglected you a proper introduction. And, let’s face it, you’ve already met my mother, so shall we start again? Hi. I’m Julie. I’ve been PR-ing 15 years, give

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Something weird is happening. It started last year when, at our nudging, my 65-year-old mother finally got high-speed Internet at home. Previously, she was using dial-up, which was “just fine.” Something spooky has happened as a result. My mom has become what I’ll call a “Social Senior.” So you understand why this is kinda cool and kinda creepy, let me tell you a bit about my mom. She considers

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While the Internet is abuzz with white papers, points-of-views, tips and tricks for marketing to mommy blogs, you’ll be hard pressed to find the same on daddy blogs. My rigorous sleuthing (OK, I searched Google…) reveals there are at least twice as many mommy blogs as daddy blogs:· Google search results for term “Mommy Blogs:” 41.8M· Google search results for “Daddy Blogs:” 19.7MI confess that I

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A recent report by Nucleus Research and reported on by BusinessWeek found that the average company allowing access to Facebook loses 1.5% of total employee productivity across the organization. I’m fortunate to work in a profession that pretty much mandates I am active in social media for a magnitude of reasons, one of which is the profession’s move to “PR 2.0.” But more than that, I find that

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So, I haven’t posted in AGES – yes AGES! Lame, I know. Instead of adding Flack Noise to the blogosphere, I wanted to share some trends I’ve been seeing from my new hometown, Fog City, otherwise known as SF.· A short-term migration of top talent to Thailand, where single executives are reportedly heading to wait out the market while extending their severance packages and unemployment checks. You

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#10Hacks attacking PR people. Leave Lois alone! Now, I’m not by any stretch of the imagination defending Lois' poorly penned email. Nor am I endorsing her blast-emailing a 1000+ person media list in hopes that someone would respond. These missteps are enough to qualify for their own spots on the PR blunders list. But Lois just looks so frail. Please, hacks, have some compassion. My mom always

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Hi everyone, I’m excited to be supporting the Digital Family Reunion (DFR), an event that will bring together the California technology and business communities for the holidays. In association with some of the region's top trade associations and social networking groups, the DFR will reignite old relationships, spark new ones, and set the stage to kick off 2009 with a bright new start.Inviting

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Finally! Angeleno geek girls have a place to call home! I was thrilled to attend the launch of “Girls in Tech Los Angeles” this week at CauseCast in Santa Monica. Girls in Tech (GIT) is a social network focused on the engagement, education and empowerment of like-minded, professional, intelligent and influential women in technology. Engineers, programmers, product managers, marketers, designers,

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There are a few things I know...You shouldn’t wear Manolos to the unemployment office.You shouldn’t chow on filet mignon while waiting in the soup line.You shouldn’t keep on the pool boy while your house is in foreclosure.And, by all means, YOU SHOULD NOT FLY CORPORATE JETS TO THE BAILOUT MEETING!Wow! File this under “What Were They Thinking?” By now you’ve certainly heard the news that execs

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The Unemployment Index. The Dow Jones Indexes. The SavvyFlack Parking Space Availability Index.We have lots of fancy indexes to tell us just how much this economy sucks monkey balls, but I have one of my own that I believe is a far better indicator of suck. It’s the Parking Space Availability Index. It’s simple and works like this: the more parking spots available in my office building or

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Wow! Did you catch CNN’s Election Night Coverage? The set—outstanding. The animations—fresh and raw. The panels—three layers deep. The technology—touch-screen. The custom show logos (I think I counted three distinct ones)—plastered on the backs of laptop screens, projected on walls and green-screened on anchors’ backdrops. The experts—talking about the Election Night parties they had to miss so

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Welcome to the fan club Sondra Magness!!!

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“can u come here? is serious,” the IM blinked at the bottom of my screen. This can’t be right. This would never happen. Hoah* would never say “serious” when a word with an uncomfortable prosody and disproportionate vowel-to-consonant ratio would intimidate so much more effectively. This was the first sign. I trammed across the office immediately. Hoah was anticipating my arrival. That was the

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I’m a little sad these days. Sad about the state of journalism. I shed a tear when I see how anorexic the New York Times, my favorite paper of all times, has become. I’d prefer to live in a world of disbelief—you know the kind, where unicorns kiss the clouds, rainbows make daily appearances, women all wear slips and appear without cellulite, and all the good, cherubic citizens read the day’s news

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Meet Ms. Wright, the newest member of the Savvy Flack Fan Club!!

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Dear Savvy Flack Readers,My name is Brad Chase and I'm proud to be the founder and President of the Official Savvy Flack Fan Club. I've known Savvy Flack for about four years and she's one of the savviest flackiest people I've ever known. That's why I've been able to call her my boss at not one but two jobs. In fact, I think I’m the first person to voluntarily sign up for a second tour of duty

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“When are you going to stop blogging about your under-things and start blogging about PR?” my fab boss, JP, not-so-subtly suggested. Let’s be honest (wasn’t that my mantra from the get-go?), who wants to read about PR when they could read about ladies’ skivvies? Right now, I’m fighting a huge temptation to (1) change the name of this blog to SavvyPanty.com and (2) blog about the $90 (that was the

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It’s confirmed. I’m fuddy duddy. An article in the Journal’s Thursday style section corroborates what I’ve long suspected—that I’m old and old-fashioned. I’ve tried to be forward-thinking. I have embraced MySpace, Facebook, Twitter and blogging. But, dammit, I cannot hide the honest truth—I love slips!“What a slip says about its wearer today is ‘fuddy duddy,’” says a 57-year-old expat who was

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Spotted at Victoria's Secret... Euro-dude measuring the inseam of a pair of ladies' flannel PJs. He actually had a measuring tape to the pants and two salespeople doting over him. HELLO! They're jammies and they only come in small, medium or large! And with the conversion rate, aren't they basically FREE for you? Please ladies, check your men at the door so I can shop for my knickers in

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I’m back in LaLa Land after a quick jaunt to San Francisco to attend the BlogHer 08 conference. BlogHer is a conference for bloggers—mostly females as the “her” in the conference name suggests. The BlogHer website dubs the annual event as “the thrilling diversity of the blogosphere brought to life!” Mostly, it’s like sleep-away summer camp for the 1,000+ women who make the journey West to connect

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